reversals
Complete about-face maneuvers
Reversals are turnarounds—changes to an opposite direction, position, or outcome.
A court reversal overturns a lower court's decision.
A reversal of fortune shifts circumstances from good to bad or vice versa: The company's reversal stunned investors who had expected continued growth.
In film, a reversal is a plot point that upends expectations.
Quick turning motion
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- overturnReverse or invalidate
invert · upend · rotation · twist · pivot · spin · turnabout · capsize
Statement acknowledging wrongdoing
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- disavowalRejection of connection
- denialRefusal to accept reality
abjuration · repudiation · backpedaling · disclaimer · walkback · about-face · climbdown · mea culpa
Causing to flip
- repealAnnul a statute
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
rescission · invalidation · abrogation · countermanding · voiding · undoing · dissolution · abolition
Returned light or thought
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- mirror imageReversed visual duplicate
- inversionReversal of position
- palindromeReversible letter sequence
chiasmus · retrograde · backwards · transpose · inverse · converse · obverse · reciprocal
Shift in opposite direction
- comebackRecovery after decline
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- rallyGathering for a cause
- reboundReturn after deflection
upturn · swing · shift · change · transformation · twist of fate · plot twist · irony
flip
Quick turning motion
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
overturn · invert · upend · rotation · twist · pivot · spin · turnabout · capsize · upturn
apology
Statement acknowledging wrongdoing
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- disavowalRejection of connection
denial · abjuration · repudiation · backpedaling · disclaimer · walkback · about-face · climbdown · mea culpa · correction
overturning
Causing to flip
- repealAnnul a statute
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- cancellationVoiding of plans
nullification · rescission · invalidation · abrogation · countermanding · voiding · undoing · dissolution · abolition · quashing
reflection
Returned light or thought
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- mirror imageReversed visual duplicate
- inversionReversal of position
palindrome · chiasmus · retrograde · backwards · transpose · inverse · converse · obverse · reciprocal · correspondence
turnaround
Shift in opposite direction
rebound · upturn · swing · shift · change · transformation · twist of fate · plot twist · irony · karma
downturn
Economic decline period
- declineDecrease or refuse
- relapseReturn to former illness
- regressionReturn to former state
backslide · deterioration · worsening · slump · nosedive · collapse · crash · defeat · loss · misfortune
- oppositesopposite, opposites, antonym, antonyms, inverse
- wrestlingbody slam, wrestlers, takedown, pinfall, suplex
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- court rulingsrulings, divorce decree, judgments, annulment, verdicts
- Tarottarot, tarot cards, tarot reading, major arcana, arcana
- Wrestling GamesWWE, WWF, WWE Raw, wrestling ring, wrestlers
reversalscontinuations
Things that proceed onward
progressions · advancements · continuances · perpetuations · extensions
reversalsaffirmations
Positive self-directed statements
approvals · confirmations · upholds · enactments · ratifications
reversalsadvances
Forward movements or progress
gains · improvements · breakthroughs · successes · triumphs
- role reversalsExchanged functions between parties
- reversal of fortuneDramatic change in circumstances
- policy reversalAbandoning a previous position
- payment reversalUndoing a financial transaction
- time reversalSymmetry under temporal inversion
- vasectomy reversalProcedure restoring male fertility